California Code of Regulations
Title 19 - Public Safety
Division 1 - State Fire Marshal
Chapter 3 - Fire Extinguishers
Article 9 - Tagging, Marking, Labeling and Seal of Registration
Section 596.2 - Size Color and Material
Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024
(a) Annual Maintenance Tags shall be machine-printed, four and three-fourths inches (4 3/4") in length and two and three-eights inches (2 3/8") in width with a one-half inch (1/2") deviation for each dimension permissible.
(b) Verification of Service collars shall be made from a single circular piece of uninterrupted material forming a hole of a size that will not permit the collar assembly to move over the neck of the container unless the valve is completely removed. The collar shall not interfere with the operation of the fire extinguisher.
(c) Hydrostatic Test Labels shall be three inches (3") in width and two and one-fourth inches (2 1/4") in length with a one-fourth inch (1/4") deviation for each dimension permissible.
(d) Annual Maintenance Tags, Verification of Service collars and Hydrostatic Test Labels shall not be red in color.
1. Repealer and renumbering and amendment of former section 614.1 to section 596.2 filed 3-4-92; operative 4-3-92 (Register 92, No. 15).
2. Amendment of section heading and section filed 12-27-2001; operative 1-1-2002 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4 (Register 2001, No. 52).
3. Repealer of subsection (b) and subsection relettering filed 11-21-2002; operative 1-1-2003 (Register 2002, No. 47).
4. Amendment of subsection (a) and new NOTE filed 2-28-2007; operative 3-30-2007 (Register 2007, No. 9).
Note: Authority cited: Section 13160, Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections 13160 and 13183, Health and Safety Code.
